Cannesversations

Eliana Resnick and Patrick Fey
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Cannesversations is a film podcast in which Eliana and Patrick (Twitter) deep-dive each episode into one film that has played at some point during the Cannes Film Festival. During the festival, we loop you into the most recent discussions from the festival site, giving you a first impression of the variety of films that splash across the Croisette.

  1. Our Top Five Films of 2025

    11H AGO

    Our Top Five Films of 2025

    Eliana and Patrick (X | LB) are joined by Öykü Sofuoğlu and Lawrence Garcia to look back at our top 5 favorite films of 2025. Follow Öykü (X | LB) & Lawrence (X | LB) on Twitter/X or Letterboxd Find Öykü's work with Emitaï, and as co-host of new film podcast Outskirts & Hong Sang-Soo Die-hard Lawrence's review on What Does that Nature Say to You, as well as Ways of Worldmaking: Hong Sang-soo’s Late Period, and more notes on Hong's 'Late Period' Double Takes Lawrence The Currents (Las corrientes) | Milagros MumenthalerPeter Hujar’s Day | Ira SachsBugonia | Yorgos Lanthimos Γιώργος ΛάνθιμοςWhat Does That Nature Say to You? (그 자연이 네게 뭐라고 하니) | Hong Sang Soo 홍상수Dry Leaf (ხმელი ფოთოლი) | Alexandre Koberidze ალექსანდრე კობერიძეÖykü The Love that Remains (Ástin Sem Eftir Er) | Hlynur PálmasonSecret Agent (O Agente Secret) | Kleber Mendonça FilhoThe Mastermind | Kelly ReichardtRemake | Ross McElweeDry LeafPatrick Peter Hujar’s DayResurrection 狂野时代 | Bi Gan 毕赣Dry LeafI Only Rest in the Storm (O Riso e a Faca) |Pedro PinhoAfternoons of Solitude (Tardes de soledad) | Albert SerraEliana What Does That Nature Say to You?Sirat | Olivier LaxeLandmarks (Nuestra Tierra) | Lucrecia MartelPeter Hujar’s DayI Only Rest in the Storm Happy Year of the Fire Horse!~ Credits: Sound: Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive. Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny

    2h 4m
  2. Cannes 78: Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or It was just an Accident, Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value, Nadav Lapid's Yes!, Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind & End Festival Thoughts

    06/17/2025

    Cannes 78: Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or It was just an Accident, Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value, Nadav Lapid's Yes!, Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind & End Festival Thoughts

    It's a wrap! In the final episode of this year's Cannes Film Festival, Eliana and Patrick are once again joined by Öykü Sofuoğlu. Together, they discuss: Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or-winning It Was Just an Accident | یک تصادف سادهJoachim Trier's Grand Jury Prize-winner Sentimental Value | AffeksjonsverdiNadav Lapid's Yes or Yes! | כןKelly Reichardt's The Mastermind (which, alas, did not win any award)Kristen Stewart's The Chronology of WaterSimón Mesa Soto's A Poet | Un PoetaDiego Céspedes | Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo | La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamencoand in passing : Alice Douard's Love Letters | Les preuves d'amours, Anna Cazenave Cambet's Love me Tender, Harris Dickinson's Urchin + Scarlett Johansson's Eleanor the GreatFor more of Öykü's work, check out her reviews on Sentimental Value, Christian Petzold's Mirrors No. 3, or Hafsia Herzi's The Little Sister for InReview Online. For those interested in more thoughts on one of our festival favorites, Pauline Loquès’, Nino, read Patrick's review or listen to one of our previous episodes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits: Image: It Was Just an Acccident Film Poster Frame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash License Sound: Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive. Extro: La Bouche - Be My Lover

    1h 49m
  3. Cannes 78: Renoir | Left-Handed Girl | A Useful Ghost | Brand New Landscape | Love on Trial | Bi Gan's Resurrection

    05/27/2025

    Cannes 78: Renoir | Left-Handed Girl | A Useful Ghost | Brand New Landscape | Love on Trial | Bi Gan's Resurrection

    Welcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival! For episode five, Łukasz Mańkowski join us (Patrick and Eliana) to discuss programming for Five Flavors film festival and the following films on day eleven of twelve: Renoir ルノワール by Chie Hayakawa 早川千絵 (Competition)Left-Handed Girl 左撇子女孩 by Shih-Ching Tsou 鄒時擎 (Semaine)A Useful Ghost ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke รัชฏ์ภูมิ บุญบัญชาโชค (Semaine de la Critique * Winner)Brand New Landscape 見はらし世代 by Yuiga Danzuka 団塚唯我 (Quinzaine)Love on Trial 恋愛裁判 by Kōji Fukada 深田晃司 (Cannes Première)Resurrection 狂野时代 by Bi Gan 畢贛 (Competition) Łukasz Mańkowski is a film scholar, film critic, and film programmer for the annual Five Flavours Asian Film Festival which will be taking place in November this year in Warsaw. You can follow him on Twitter/X here! Thanks for listening! If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to get in touch: cannesversations@proton.me Credits: Image: Resurrection Film Poster Officiel du 78e Festival de Cannes : © Les Films 13 – Un homme et une femme de Claude Lelouch (1966) / Création graphique © Hartland Villa Frame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash License Sound: Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive. Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny

    1h 22m
  4. Cannes 78: The History of Sound | Sterne | Magellan | Only I Rest in the Storm | Renoir

    05/25/2025

    Cannes 78: The History of Sound | Sterne | Magellan | Only I Rest in the Storm | Renoir

    Welcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival! For episode four, Maja Korbecka and Jakob Jurisch join us (Patrick and Eliana) to discuss the following films on day nine of twelve: The History of Sound by Oliver Hermanus (Competition)Sterne by Konrad Wolf (Cannes Classics)Magellan (Drifting Laurent) by Lav Diaz (Cannes Première)O Riso e a Faca (Only I Rest in the Storm) by Pedro Pinho (Un Certain Regard)Renoir ルノワール by Chie Hayakawa 早川千絵 (Competition)Maja Korbecka is a film studies researcher and film critic who focuses on Sinophone and Southeast Asian cinemas. She has contributed to Senses of Cinema, The China Project, Easternkicks, Frameland, and EKRANy magazine. This year, she will write for the Chinese Print Film Magazine Da Zhong Dian Ying 大衆電影. Jakob Jurisch is a Hessen-born Berlin-based film critic who writes for moviebreak.de. For German speakers, Jakob and Patrick's German-language cover of Cannes is also available on moviebreak.de. You can listen to their German-language podcast coverage here. Thanks for listening! If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to get in touch: cannesversations@proton.me Credits: Image: O Riso e a Faca Film Still Officiel du 78e Festival de Cannes : © Les Films 13 – Un homme et une femme de Claude Lelouch (1966) / Création graphique © Hartland Villa Frame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash License Sound: Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive. Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny

    35 min
  5. Cannes 78: Imago - Interview with Déni Oumar Pitsaev

    05/24/2025

    Cannes 78: Imago - Interview with Déni Oumar Pitsaev

    Welcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival episode three! This is the first time that we have had the chance to sit down with a director at Cannes. The film, Imago, featured in the Semaine de la Critique side section and picked up two prizes this past week: The French Touch and the Golden Eye. We talk to director Déni Oumar Pitsaev about some of the themes in this highly personal hybrid documentary film about the filmmaker's empathetic exploration and confrontation with a foreign yet familial place where culture, tradition, and displacement disparity between the symbolic and semantic: 'home' and 'house'; representing a universal entanglement with one's roots. Thanks for listening! If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to get in touch: cannesversations@proton.me Credits: Image: Imago Film Still Officiel du 78e Festival de Cannes : © Les Films 13 – Un homme et une femme de Claude Lelouch (1966) / Création graphique © Hartland Villa Frame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash License Sound: Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive. Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny

    16 min
  6. Cannes 78: Drunken Noodles | Nino | Laurent dans le vent (Drifting Laurent)

    05/20/2025

    Cannes 78: Drunken Noodles | Nino | Laurent dans le vent (Drifting Laurent)

    Welcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival! We (Patrick and Eliana) share our first reactions and give a sneak peek at the festival's ongoing films and events. Join us on day eight of twelve, episode two, as we rewind to a pre-festival recording to discuss the following films: Drunken Noodles by Lucio Castro (ACID)Nino by Pauline Loquès (Semaine de la Critique)Laurent dans le vent (Drifting Laurent) by Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture et Mattéo Eustachon (ACID)For those who are German speakers, you can also find Patrick on moviebreak.de and can listen to his German-language podcast coverage here: RSS | Spotify ! Thanks for listening! If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to get in touch: cannesversations@proton.me Credits: Image: Drunken Noodles Film Still Officiel du 78e Festival de Cannes : © Les Films 13 – Un homme et une femme de Claude Lelouch (1966) / Création graphique © Hartland Villa Frame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash License Sound: Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive. Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny

    39 min
  7. Cannes 78: Opening & The Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski | Two Prosecutors by Sergei Loznitsa | Sirat by Óliver Laxe

    05/18/2025

    Cannes 78: Opening & The Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski | Two Prosecutors by Sergei Loznitsa | Sirat by Óliver Laxe

    Welcome back to our coverage of the Cannes Film Festival! We (Patrick and Eliana) look forward to sharing our first reactions and giving a sneak peek at the festival's ongoing films and events. Join us on day four of twelve to discuss the festival's opening days: Partir un Jour by Amélie BonninGold Rush by Charlie ChaplinThe Sound of Falling by Mascha SchilinskiTwo Prosecutors by Sergei LoznitsaSirat by Óliver LaxeComing soon: Drunken Noodles by Lucio Castro (ACID)Nino by Pauline Loquès (Semaine de la Critique)Laurent dans le vent (Drifting Laurent) by Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture et Mattéo Eustachon (ACID)and more... For those who are German speakers, you can also find Patrick on moviebreak.de and can listen to his German-language podcast coverage here: RSS | Spotify ! Thanks for listening! If you have any comments or suggestions or want to get in touch: cannesversations@proton.me Credits: Sirat Film Poster Frame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash License Officiel du 78e Festival de Cannes : © Les Films 13 – Un homme et une femme de Claude Lelouch (1966) / Création graphique © Hartland Villa Sound: Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive. Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny

    52 min
  8. Our Top Ten Films of 2024 - Part 2

    02/04/2025

    Our Top Ten Films of 2024 - Part 2

    For the second part of the first episodes of Cannesversations this year, Eliana and Patrick (X | LB) are joined by critic friends Öykü Sofuoğlu and Lawrence Garcia to look back at their favorite films of 2024. Follow Öykü (X | LB) & Lawrence (X | LB) on Twitter/X or Letterboxd Our Part 2 Top 10 Films discussion begins with Lawrence's #5 to 1 - 00:26#4 - 23:30#3 - 48:35#2 - 1:08:10#1 - 1:27:45# 1:43:38 - Yay or Nay? Patrick reads a list of films that will come out in 2025.Lawrence The Damned | Roberto MinerviniKottukali (The Adamant Girl) | PS Vinoth RajThe Periphery of the Base | Zhou TaoL'Empire | Bruno DumontMiséricorde | Alain Guiraudie Öykü Bluish | Lilith Kraxner, Milena CzernovskyCaught by the Tides | Jia ZhangkeDirect Action | Guillaume Cailleau, Ben RussellScénarios | Jean-Luc GoddardPatrick Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps | Louise WeardGrand Tour | Miguel GomesDirect ActionTú me abrasas | Matías PiñeiroEliana Lazaró at Night | Nicolás PeredaReas | Lola AriasWe are Inside | Farah KassemMiséricorde We wish all of you a happy year of the Snake!~ Credits: Image: An amalgamation of all films mentioned Sound: Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive. Extro: Quinzaine des Cineastes Intro Extract Music: Cyril Moisson | Piano: Frédéric Fortuny

    1h 55m
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Cannesversations is a film podcast in which Eliana and Patrick (Twitter) deep-dive each episode into one film that has played at some point during the Cannes Film Festival. During the festival, we loop you into the most recent discussions from the festival site, giving you a first impression of the variety of films that splash across the Croisette.

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  • Creator
    Eliana Resnick and Patrick Fey
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Eliana Resnick and Patrick Fey
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